Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone,

Two posts in one day, can't be bad!!

Here is my entry for the Sketch Challenge over on 'My Craft Creations'. http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html *Winner*

I have used an image from 'The Tale of Two Bad Mice' CD Rom from Crafters Companion. It was a circular pyrimage. I matted this onto a piece of green card which I had cut into a scalloped circle on my Cricut machine using the Lacy Labels cartridge. This was then attached to a coordinating backing paper from the same CD Rom which had in turn been matted and layered onto a larger piece of the green card and then placed on an 8x8 card from my stash. Using a different backing paper, I punched out a smaller mouse image to match the larger topper using the Epiphany circular machine and again attached this onto the green card from my stash. The border was made using a Martha Stewart punch (I think it was called Arches). The flowers and leaves were cut using the 'Flower Shoppe' Cricut cartridge and placed on the card. The paper used for the flowers was a backing paper from the CD Rom which was chosen to match the dress on the mouse on the topper. The leaves were cut from Centura Pearl paper, the centres of the flowers are Card Candy - Moorish from Craftworkcards. The two in the top corners have been coloured using the Pine Green Promarker from Letraset so that they matched the rest of the card.

I hope you like it. I'm sorry that the pictures are dark but I have just taken the photograph in the bedroom light, I prefer to take them in natural light.

Thank you for taking the time to pop along. Any feedback is welcome.

Have a great weekend.

Wendy

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Anything goes when you're young at heart!

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. I've been decorating the house and then hurt my back, so everything is taking longer than normal.

I wanted to enter this card though for a couple of challenges.

The card was made from a piece of A4 navy blue card and made into a stepper card using my Hougie Board. The topper and backing paper, Jump and Jive is from the Decoupage Plus section of the La Pashe 'The best of 2012' cd rom. I decoupaged the topper and made a hole near the old man's mouth so that I could insert the stem rose so that it looked like he was holding it in his teeth. I matted and layered the topper onto some black card. The blue gingham backing paper was also matted and layered onto black card. In between the two, I sandwiched an old cd and attached the topper at a jaunty angle. I made the stepper card from card I had in my stash and added card candy to the four corners. The sentiment was matted onto black card and attached to the middle at the bottom of the card. I did originally attach some musical notes to the card, but I wasn't sure about this, so took them off.

The challenges I would like to enter this card for are:-
Allsorts Challenge - Young at Heart http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/week-180-young-at-heart.html
Make it Monday - Anything Goes http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mim115-with-bugaboo-stamps.html
Lady Annes Challenge - Anything Goes http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/anything-goes.html

All that is left to say is - I hope I am as agile as this when I'm their age!! Lol

Thank you for calling.

Wendy

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Blue and Brown For Men only

Hi everyone,

Here is the card that I would like to enter into Emma's Challenge, Make It Monday Challenge and The Allsorts Challenge. This is not normally my usual style but it is the idea that I had when I saw the challenge titles, so I went with it. I hope you like it.




 I've used an 8x8 card and matted and layered it with a backing paper from Gone Fishing from Daisytrail which I altered slightly using Craft Artist to make it look more swirly like the sea or a river and added a border to the left hand side. To the lower right, I used some Centura pearl paper in dark brown and tore it to fit the corner. I used some Spiders Web Net in Turquoise Blue from Club Green and placed it on the right hand side to add texture and have the effect of a fishing net. I used the Cricut Art Nouveau cartridge to cut the bullrushes from brown paper that I had in my stash and added a shell motif sticker and a basket embellishment also from my stash.

The image is from 'The Games Men Play' from Fee J designs and has been stacked and matted onto another piece of brown centura pearl paper which has been cut from the Lacy Labels Cricut cartridge. The sentiment was made on Craft Artist.

Challenges I wish to enter this card for:
Emma's Challenge No 10 - Brown and Blue http://www.emmascardsuk.com/p/emmas-crafty-challenge.html
Allsorts Challenge - For Men Only Week 179 http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/week-179-for-men-only.html
Make It Monday Challenge No. 114 - Anything Goes http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mim-114-with-dr-digis-house-of-stamps.html

Thank you for calling by. Please leave a comment, all feedback is welcome. If you would like to follow, please do.

Happy crafting.

Wendy

Another from the Vintage Tapestry Kit.

Hi All,

Today I'm busy making samples for the new Cd Rom from Cupcakecrafting. As I can't show you these, I thought I would share another card from the Kanban Vintage Tapestry kit. The photo is a bit dark, apologies for that.

I made the stepper card from a backing paper from the kit using my Hougie Board and added a topper and frame and sentiment also from the kit. The butterfly was taken from the Flower Frames kit also from Kanban.

Hope you all have a good weekend. 

Wendy

Promarkers

Hi All,

Have you seen the chance to win a complete set of Promarkers from Letraset over on 'Going Buggy'. Closing date is 18th November 2012.

Here is the link or click on the logo at the side of my page. http://www.going-buggy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/win-complete-set-of-promarkers.html

Good luck.

Wendy

Vintage Tapestry

Hi everyone,

Today, I thought I would share with you a twisted easel card that I made using Kanban Vintage Tapestry.

I printed a coordinating backing paper from 'A Touch of Elegance' CD Rom from Cupcakecrafting onto card and made the easel card. The topper frame was attached to the front of the card using a single layer of 3D foam tape, the central topper was attached using a double layer of the 3D foam tape so that it protruded from the frame. I used a sentiment from the kit to act as a stopper. The butterfly on the right is taken from the Flower Frames kit also from Kanban. Gems from my stash were added to add effect.

Thank you for calling by. Please leave a comment, i enjoy reading your feedback.

Happy crafting.

Wedny

Autumn Leaves Challenge

Hi everyone,

 

This is my entry for the Simon Says Stamp Autumn Leaves Challenge. http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/simon-saysautumn-leaves.html

For this I used:-

Kanban Autumn Silhouettes clear stamps

Cupcakecrafting backing paper from A Touch of Elegance CD Rom

Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink

StazOn Timber Brown

Gems from stash coloured with Promarkers

Dark brown ribbon from stash

Centura Pearl ivory card

 

I folded the A4 card and made an A5 card blank. I took a piece of backing paper from Cupcakecrafting 'A Touch of Elegance' CD Rom and distressed the edges of both with the Tea Dye ink pad. Using the StazOn, I stamped two flourishes from the stamp set in the top left hand corner, one vertically and one horizontally. In the other top corner, I coloured the gems from my stash with a 'Cocoa'  Promarker and fixed them to the card.

 

I stamped the tree image onto the backing paper three times and matted and layered onto the ivory centura pearl and again distressed the edges.  I stamped out three leaves and placed one on the bottom right hand corner of each tree image square after colouring them with the ink. To finish, I tied a piece of dark brown ribbon to the bottom of the card and added a knot to add dimension.

 

Thank you for calling by. Please leave a comment, I enjoy reading them.

 

Happy crafting.

 

Wendy